On behalf of the George Washington Carver 6th Grade STEM Learning Center faculty and staff, I would like to welcome you to another school year with Lancaster ISD. We are extremely excited about working with you, your scholar, and the Lancaster community as we embark on this journey of excellence.

At Carver, every staff member is dedicated to not just teaching the required content, but to educate with our scholars’ futures in mind. As such, we have adopted what we call the 6P’s of Academic and Character Performance. We have committed, and will require our students to do the same, to being Prompt, Productive, Positive, Prepared, Presentable and Polite in every aspect of the learning environment. With this as a focus, our goal is to promote that learning is a life-long process for teachers and scholars alike.

In addition to developing our scholars, it is my hope to strengthen the connection between the campus and the home environment. It would be a joy for our staff to partner with you in the education, growth and development of our scholar this school year.

We extend our support to you and invite you to actively participate in the campus programs and activities and to even join the campus PTA. You are a vital part of our success with your scholar and we know that we cannot do it without you.

I want to thank you in advance for your support and willingness to work with us as we work to engineer a brighter future for your scholar. I know it will be a rewarding school year.

Black Lancaster ISD Students Outperform State in Science and Math STAAR Exams
The New York Times published a story this week about a new way to measure school effectiveness based on findings from Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis In the state of Texas, black students have historically performed lower than their peers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exam, often due to an inequitable lack of resources available to them. However, black students, who represent the majority (77%) of Lancaster ISD in southern Dallas County, are now outperforming their peers across the state in both Math and Science STAAR exams, growing their proficiency rate at the state’s post-secondary standard per STAAR assessments by over 15% on each subject over the last five years.....

CUBE, administered by the National School Boards Association (NSBA), is an award that annually recognizes urban school boards that exhibit excellence in school board governance, academic improvement, educational equity, and community engagement.

In Lancaster ISD, we spent the month of November focused on service-learning and giving back to our community in addition to our everyday, STEM-guided learning experiences.
As we think about the things that we are thankful and grateful for this season, we can definitely include you - our parents. Your involvement and your decision to allow us to shape your children to successfully thrive in society, achieve self-sustaining success and leave a lasting legacy fill us with appreciation and gratitude!